כָּנָף
wing
also: extremity, edge, winged, border fuller range ↓
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Dual, Construct 43 times (39%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 23 times (21%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 16 times (14%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Dual, Absolute 15 times (14%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct 14 times (13%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 111 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H3671 appears — 85 distinct verses across 22 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 2 verses
- Genesis 1:21 כָּנָף֙ n c fs God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 7:14 כָּנָֽף n c fs they, and every animal after its kind, all the cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
Exodus 3 verses
- Exodus 19:4 כַּנְפֵ֣י n c fd cs 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself.
- Exodus 25:20 כְנָפַ֜יִם בְּ/כַנְפֵי/הֶם֙ n c fd prep + n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
- Exodus 37:9 כְנָפַ֜יִם בְּ/כַנְפֵי/הֶם֙ n c fd prep + n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
Leviticus 1 verse
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 5 verses
- Deuteronomy 4:17 כָּנָ֔ף n c fs the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
- Deuteronomy 22:12 כַּנְפ֥וֹת n c fp cs You shall make you fringes on the four borders of your cloak, with which you cover yourself.
- Deuteronomy 22:30 כְּנַ֥ף n c fs cs A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
- Deuteronomy 27:20 כְּנַ֣ף n c fs cs Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 32:11 כְּנָפָי/ו֙ n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms As an eagle that stirs up her nest, That flutters over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bore them on his feathers.
Ruth 2 verses
- Ruth 2:12 כְּנָפָֽי/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you are come to take refuge.
- Ruth 3:9 כְנָפֶ֨/ךָ֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms He said, Who are you? She answered, I am Ruth your handmaid: spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman.
1 Samuel 4 verses
- 1 Samuel 15:27 בִּ/כְנַף prep + n c fs cs As Samuel turned about to go away, [Saul] laid hold on the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
- 1 Samuel 24:4 כְּנַֽף n c fs cs The men of David said to him, Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.
- 1 Samuel 24:5 כָּנָ֖ף n c fs It happened afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
- 1 Samuel 24:11 כְּנַ֥ף כְּנַ֨ף n c fs cs n c fs cs Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know you and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt after my life to take it.
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 4 verses
- 1 Kings 6:24 כְּנַ֤ף כְּנַ֥ף כְּנָפָ֖י/ו כְּנָפָֽי/ו n c fs cs n c fs cs n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
- 1 Kings 6:27 כַּנְפֵ֣י כְּנַף וּ/כְנַף֙ וְ/כַנְפֵי/הֶם֙ כָּנָ֥ף כָּנָֽף n c fd cs n c fs cs conj + n c fs cs conj + n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp n c fs n c fs He set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
- 1 Kings 8:6 כַּנְפֵ֥י n c fd cs The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
- 1 Kings 8:7 כְּנָפַ֔יִם n c fd For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the poles of it above.
2 Chronicles 5 verses
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 וְ/כַנְפֵי֙ כְּנַ֨ף וְ/הַ/כָּנָ֤ף לִ/כְנַ֖ף conj + n c fd cs n c fs cs conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs prep + n c fs cs The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one [cherub] was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was [likewise] five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 וּ/כְנַ֨ף וְ/הַ/כָּנָ֤ף לִ/כְנַ֖ף conj + n c fs cs conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs prep + n c fs cs The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:13 כַּנְפֵי֙ n c fd cs The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
- 2 Chronicles 5:7 כַּנְפֵ֥י n c fd cs The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
- 2 Chronicles 5:8 כְּנָפַ֔יִם n c fd For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the poles of it above.
Job 4 verses
- Job 37:3 כַּנְפ֥וֹת n c fp cs He sends it forth under the whole sky, And his lightning to the ends of the earth.
- Job 38:13 בְּ/כַנְפ֣וֹת prep + n c fp cs That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And shake the wicked out of it?
- Job 39:13 כְּנַף n c fs cs "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the feathers and plumage of love?
- Job 39:26 כנפ/ו כְּנָפָ֣י/ו n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms "Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, And stretches her wings toward the south?
Psalms 12 verses
- Psalms 17:8 כְּ֝נָפֶ֗י/ךָ n c fd cs + sfx pers 2ms Keep me as the apple of your eye; Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
- Psalms 18:10 כַּנְפֵי n c fd cs He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 36:7 כְּ֝נָפֶ֗י/ךָ n c fd cs + sfx pers 2ms How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
- Psalms 57:1 כְּנָפֶ֥י/ךָ n c fd cs + sfx pers 2ms Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, For my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, Until disaster has passed.
- Psalms 61:4 כְּנָפֶ֣י/ךָ n c fd cs + sfx pers 2ms I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
- Psalms 63:7 כְּנָפֶ֣י/ךָ n c fd cs + sfx pers 2ms For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
- Psalms 68:13 כַּנְפֵ֣י n c fd cs While you sleep among the campfires, The wings of a dove sheathed with silver, Her feathers with shining gold.
- Psalms 78:27 כָּנָֽף n c fs He rained also flesh on them as the dust; Winged birds as the sand of the seas.
- Psalms 91:4 כְּנָפָ֣י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
- Psalms 104:3 כַּנְפֵי n c fd cs He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 139:9 כַנְפֵי n c fd cs If I take the wings of the dawn, And settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
- Psalms 148:10 כָּנָֽף n c fs Wild animals and all cattle; Small creatures and flying birds;
Proverbs 2 verses
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 6 verses
- Isaiah 6:2 כְּנָפַ֛יִם כְּנָפַ֖יִם n c fd n c fd Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.
- Isaiah 8:8 כְּנָפָ֔י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.
- Isaiah 10:14 כָּנָ֔ף n c fs and my hand has found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathers eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.
- Isaiah 11:12 כַּנְפ֥וֹת n c fp cs He will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- Isaiah 18:1 כְּנָפָ֑יִם n c fd Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
- Isaiah 24:16 מִ/כְּנַ֨ף prep + n c fs cs From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
Jeremiah 3 verses
- Jeremiah 2:34 בִּ/כְנָפַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ prep + n c fd cs + sfx pers 2fs Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: you did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
- Jeremiah 48:40 כְּנָפָ֖י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
- Jeremiah 49:22 כְּנָפָ֖י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Ezekiel 23 verses
- Ezekiel 1:6 כְּנָפַ֖יִם n c fd Everyone had four faces, and everyone of them had four wings.
- Ezekiel 1:8 כַּנְפֵי/הֶ֔ם וְ/כַנְפֵי/הֶ֖ם n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp conj + n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings [thus]:
- Ezekiel 1:9 כַּנְפֵי/הֶ֑ם n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp their wings were joined one to another; they didn't turn when they went; they went everyone straight forward.
- Ezekiel 1:11 וְ/כַנְפֵי/הֶ֥ם conj + n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp Their faces and their wings were separate above; two [wings] of everyone were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
- Ezekiel 1:23 כַּנְפֵי/הֶ֣ם n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: everyone had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.
- Ezekiel 1:24 כַּנְפֵי/הֶ֡ם כַנְפֵי/הֶֽן n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp n c fd cs + sfx pers 3fp When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
- Ezekiel 1:25 כַנְפֵי/הֶֽן n c fd cs + sfx pers 3fp There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.
- Ezekiel 3:13 כַּנְפֵ֣י n c fd cs [I heard] the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.
- Ezekiel 5:3 בִּ/כְנָפֶֽי/ךָ prep + n c fd cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.
- Ezekiel 7:2 כַּנְפ֥וֹת n c fp cs You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel, An end: the end is come on the four corners of the land.
- Ezekiel 10:5 כַּנְפֵ֣י n c fd cs The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
- Ezekiel 10:8 כַּנְפֵי/הֶֽם n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp There appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.
- Ezekiel 10:12 וְ/כַנְפֵי/הֶ֑ם conj + n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, [even] the wheels that they four had.
- Ezekiel 10:16 כַּנְפֵי/הֶ֗ם n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn't turn from beside them.
- Ezekiel 10:19 כַּ֠נְפֵי/הֶם n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
- Ezekiel 10:21 כְּנָפַ֖יִם כַּנְפֵי/הֶֽם n c fd n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
- Ezekiel 11:22 כַּנְפֵי/הֶ֔ם n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
- Ezekiel 16:8 כְּנָפִ/י֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Yahweh, and you became mine.
- Ezekiel 17:3 הַ/כְּנָפַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c fd and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
- Ezekiel 17:7 כְּנָפַ֖יִם n c fd There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
- Ezekiel 17:23 כָּנָ֔ף n c fs in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches of it shall they dwell.
- Ezekiel 39:4 כָּנָ֛ף n c fs You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured.
- Ezekiel 39:17 כָּנָ֜ף n c fs You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
Daniel 1 verse
Hosea 1 verse
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 2 verses
- Zechariah 5:9 בְּ/כַנְפֵי/הֶ֔ם כְנָפַ֖יִם כְּ/כַנְפֵ֣י prep + n c fd cs + sfx pers 3mp n c fd prep + n c fd cs Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
- Zechariah 8:23 בִּ/כְנַף֩ prep + n c fs cs Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, 'We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
כנף — transliterated kânâph — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “wing.” “skirt” is the historic King James Version rendering; modern versions use “wings.” See the renderings breakdown. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 85 verses — moderately common. More than a quarter of its appearances fall in Ezekiel. Alongside “wing” the lexicon also lists “extremity”, “edge”, and “winged” — part of its full sense range. See the sense tree, 85-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3671 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 85
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 85 distinct verses.
- 22 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 22 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #390
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 390 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 85 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 85 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 46 verses · 54%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 27 verses · 32%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 12 verses · 14%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Wings 47×, Skirt 11×, Wing 10×
- American Standard Version: Wings 43×, Wing 11×, Skirt 7×
- Berean Standard Bible: Wings 51×, Wing 10×, Corners 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Wings 47×, Wing 10×, Wings of 10×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3671 across 107 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 23 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3671 across 108 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3671 across 96 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 13 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3671 across 113 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 19 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
12 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 12 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. wing,
- a. of birds Is 10:14 (in fig.), Ex 19:4 (E? R? fig.) Dt 32:11 (in sim.), Zc 5:9 Lv 1:17 (P), Jb 39:13, 26 ψ 68:14; in fig. of invading king Je 48:40; 49:22 Ez 17:3, 7; so appar. Is 8:8 of invader as overflowing river (but Du Che separate וְהָיָה מֻטּוֹת כְּנָפָיו from preceding); of riches, as flying away Pr 23:5; in phr. צִפּוֹר כָּנָף = winged birds Dt 4:17 ψ 148:10, (עֵיט)צִפּוֹר כָּל־כ׳ Ez 39:4, 17, כֹּל צִפּוֹר כָּל־כ׳ Gn 7:14 (P), Ez 17:23, עוֹף כ׳ Gn 1:21 (P), ψ 78:27; also בַּעַל כ׳ Pr 1:17 = winged thing, cf. בַּעַל־ה֯כְּנָפַיִם Ec 10:20. e.g. Isaiah 10:14
- b. of insects (prob.), אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָ֑יִם Is 18:1 buzzing, or humming of wings, i. e. Ethiopia, so called from its swarms of flies, with especial ref. poss. to the tsetse-fly (so Du, cf. Che; id., in gen., Hi De; > Kn Di of the tropical shadow falling both ways; Thes1167 b of noise of the wings of an army; ref. to sails as wings—cf. v 2—would be suitable, but צִלְצַל does not favour this). e.g. Isaiah 18:1
- c. of cherubim 1 K 6:24(×4) + 8 times K, cf. 2 Ch 3:11(×4) + 6 times Ch, Ez 1:6 + 17 times Ez, Ex 25:20(×2) 39:9(×2) (all P). e.g. 1 Kings 6:24
- d. of seraphim Is 6:2(×2) e.g. Isaiah 6:2
- e. of women in Zec.’s vision Zc 5:9(×2). e.g. Zechariah 5:9
- f. fig. of the wind, Ho 4:19 ψ 18:11 = 2 S 22:11, ψ 104:3. e.g. Hosea 4:19
- g. fig. of the dawn (winged sun-disc?) ψ 139:9, cf. of sun of righteousness Mal 3:20. e.g. Psalms 139:9
- h. fig. of י׳, as protector of his people ψ 17:8; 36:8; 57:2; 61:5; 63:5; 91:4 Ru 2:12. e.g. Psalms 17:8
- 2. extremity.—
- a. of garment, =skirt, corner, or loose flowing end, 1 S 15:27; 24:5, 6, 12(×2) Dt 22:12; 23:1; 27:20 Je 2:34 (fig.), Ez 5:3; 16:8 (in fig.), Hg 2:12(×2) Zc 8:23 Nu 15:38(×2) (P; cf. RSSem i. 416, 2nd ed. 437) Ru 3:9. e.g. 1 Samuel 15:27
- b. of the earth, מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ Is 24:16 from the end of the earth; elsewhere pl. כַּנְפוֹת הָא׳ Jb 37:3; 38:13, and, def. אַרְבַּע כ׳ הא׳ Is 11:12 the four corners of the earth; so of the holy land Ez 7:2.—עַל־כְּנַף שִׁקּוּצִים מְשׁוֹמֵם Dn 9:27 is obscure; Meinh. reads, after Vrss., כָּנָף, on the corner (of the altar) is a devastating abomination; Onderzoek 2, ii. 472 Bev, who read עַל־כַּנּוֹ in its place, instead of it. e.g. Isaiah 24:16
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Word origin
n.f. 1 K 6:27 (m. Ez 7:2 Kt, but cf. Qr and Co; also appar. 2 Ch 3:11, 13, but v. Be), wing, extremity (NH id.; Aramaic כַּנְפָֿא, ܟܶܢܦܳܐ; Zinj. אחז בכנף מראה, fig. for attached himself to the party of his lord, PanammuInser. l. 11, cf. Zc 8:23 (2 a infr.); DHMSendsch. 58; Arabic كَنَفٌ, Assyrian kappu, Ethiopic ክንፍ );—abs. כ׳ Gn 1:21 +; cstr. כְּנַף 1 K 6:24 +; sf. כְּנָפִי Ez 16:8, כְּנָפֶ֑ךָ Ru 3:9, כְּנָפוֹ Hg 2:12; du. כְּנָפַיִם 1 K 8:7 + (even of more than two, Is 6:2(×2) Ez 1:6, 21); cstr. כַּנְפֵי Ex 19:4; sf. כְּנָפֶיךָ Ez 5:3, כְּנָפַיִךְ Je 2:34, כְּנָפָיו Is 8:8 +; כְּנָפֶיהָ Ho 4:19 Mal 3:20; כַּנְפֵיהֶם 1 K 6:27 +; כַּנְפֵיהֶן Ez 1:24, 25; pl. cstr. כַּנְפוֹת Dt 22:12 + 4 times;—
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Derived from כנף (kânaph) (H3670) — to be cornered.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
כָּנַף
- (b. h.) to bend; to cover.
- to be covered, hidden. Pesik. Zachor, p. 29ᵃ, a. e., v. כָּנָף.
כְּנַף I
- , to press, crowd; to gather. Targ. Ps. XLI, 7 (v. כְּנַס).—Taan. 23ᵇ ניתי לִיכְנוֹף גבי הדדי Ms. M. (ed. נִיכְּנִיף הדדי) let us go and crowd together (for prayer). Ab. Zar. 19ᵇ כָּנוּף ואתי וכ׳ all the world crowded about him.—Part. pass. כְּנִיף. Snh. 29ᵇ כְּנִיפֵי ויתבי if they (before whom he made the admission, v. אוֹדִיתָא) were assembled (for some other business), opp. to כּנּפִינְהוּ איהו if he himself called them to a meeting.
- 1. to collect, grab (corresp. to גָּבַב). Sabb. 73ᵇ האי מאן דכ׳ וכ׳ he who grabs (skims with his palm) salt out of the salina. Bets. 33ᵇ מחזי כמאן דמְכַנֵּיף וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. מכניא, corr. acc.) it looks as though he raked together for the next day.
- 2. to assemble, call a meeting. Targ. Y. I Deut. I, 1.—Snh. l. c., v. supra. B. Kam. 113ᵃ לדידכו כַּנְּפִינְהוּ Ms. M. (ed. v. כְּנוּפְיָא) have we assembled them for your individual benefit?—Part. pass. מְכַנַּף. Ber. 58ᵇ כמאה … דמְכַנְּפֵי like one hundred stars … collected in one spot, opp. מבדרי. Gitt. 20ᵃ, v. infra.
- 3. (corresp. to קָפַל) to fold, crease. Sabb. 147ᵃ אדעתא דלכַנּוּפֵי with the intention of creasing.
- 1. to be assembled, to meet, join. Targ. Cant. VIII, 7.—Taan. 23ᵇ, v. supra.
- 2. to be compressed. Gitt. 20ᵃ כַּנּוּפֵי מִכְּנִיף (ed. Rashi מְכַנַּף), v. חֲרַץ.
כָּנָף
- (mostly) m.(b. h.; [bend,]
- 1. wing, wing-feather. Kel. XVII, 14 כְּנַף העוז things made of feathers of the sea-eagle; a. e.—Du. כְּנָפַיִם, pl. כְּנָפִים, כַּנְפוֹת. Ib. Toh. I, 2. Ḥull. III, 4 נמרטו כנָפֶיהָ if the wing-feathers are plucked out, v. נוֹצָה. Ib. 7 כל שיש לו ארבע כ׳ … וכְנָפָיו וכ׳ … that (locust) which has four feet and four wings …, and whose wings cover the larger portion of its body (is clean); a. fr.
- 2. border, lap. Sifré Num. 115 מן הכ׳, v. גְּדִילָה II. Ib. מצות כ׳ the law concerning the borders of garments (Num. XV, 38).—Pl. as ab. Lev. R. s. 18; Koh. R. to XII, 3 (ref. to הראות ib.) אלו כַּנְפֵי הריאה those are the laps (extreme ends) of the lungs. Ḥull. 45ᵃ עד כנפי ריאה התחתונה to the borders of the lowest lung (of the animal suspended by its feet).—Euphem. for a woman’s lap (pudenda). Yeb. 4ᵃ; 49ᵃ (expl. Deut. XXIII, 1) כ׳ שראה אביו the lap which his father has seen, i.e. any woman with whom his father has had sexual connection. e.g. Numbers 15:38
- 3. cover. Pesik. Zakh., p. 29ᵃ; Pesik. R. s. 12; Tanḥ. Ki Thetsé 11 (ref. to יִכָּנֵף, Is. XXX, 20) … כל זמן כ׳ מכסה וכ׳ as long as the seed of Amalek survives, it is as if a cover hid the face (of Divinity) &c. e.g. Isaiah 30:20
- 4. (pl.) hands, arms; (of animals) shoulders, fore-legs. Pes. VII, 11 (84ᵃ) ראשי כ׳ the cartilaginous tops of the fore-legs. Y. Naz. VI, 55ᶜ bot. (ref. to Num. VI, 19) בין שיש לו כ׳ וכ׳ whether or not he has hands (to receive the offerings; Bab. Naz. 46ᵇ כַּפַּיִם). Tosef. Dem. II, 11 מקבלין לכ׳ we accept a ḥaber (v. חָבֵר), if he promises to observe levitical cleanness of hands; Bekh. 30ᵇ. Y. Dem. II, 23ᵃ top מקריבין לכ׳. Ib. כ׳ מדפות וכ׳ the laws concerning hands, &c., v. מִדָּף.—אלישע בעל כ׳ one Elisha, a ḥaber observing cleanness of hands. Y. Ber. I, 4ᶜ bot.; Sabb. 49ᵃ; 130ᵃ (legendary origin of the surname).—Lev. R. s. 32 בעל כ׳ the winged angel. e.g. Numbers 6:19
- 5. curved attachments, handles &c. Kel. XI, 6; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. I, 7, v. סִימְפּוֹנְיָא. Kel. XIV, 4 הכ׳ המקבלות וכ׳ the curves on the harness for holding the reins; ib. 5 כ׳ העשוים לנוי for ornament.—Trnsf. כנפי השכינה or כ׳ divine protection; תחת כ׳ הש׳ under the wings of divine Majesty, i.e. belief and faith in God, Jewish religion. Lev. R. s. 2 פושטין … להכניסו תחת כ׳ הש׳ we must reach out a hand to him (the proselyte) in order to take him in &c. Mekh. B’shall., Amalek, s. 2 לאבד … מתחת כְּנָפֶיךָ to lead thy people away from the faith in thee.—Ruth R. to II, 12; a. fr.
כְּנַף II
- 1. wing, lap. Targ. I Kings VI, 24; a. fr.—Targ. Zech. VIII, 23; a. fr.—B. Mets. 85ᵃ בכַנְפֵיה דרבו in the lap of Rabbi’s garment. Sabb. 5ᵃ פשיט כנפיה וכ׳ he spread the lap of his garment and received it. B. Bath. 12ᵇ בכנפיה דאבוה on her father’s lap. Ib. 58ᵃ בכַנְפָהּ דשרה in Sarah’s lap; a. fr.—[Euphem. Targ. Deut. XXIII, 1, v. preced.]—Trnsf. protection. Targ. II Esth. IX, 14.—Pl. כַּנְפִין, כַּנְפַיָּא, כַּנְפֵי. Ib. Targ. Ez. XVII, 3. Targ. O. Num. XV, 38; a. fr.—[כַּנְפָתָא, constr. כַּנְפָת. Targ. Y. II ib., emend. by Bxt., ed. צָנְפַת.]
- 2. בַּת כַּנְפָא name of an unclean bird. Targ. O. Deut. XIV, 13 (h. text הראה).
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Forms in the corpus
The 70 distinct written forms H3671 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 10 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 81 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 85 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:21
- Exodus 19:4
- Leviticus 1:17
- Numbers 15:38
- Deuteronomy 4:17
- Ruth 2:12
- 1 Samuel 15:27
- 2 Samuel 22:11
- 1 Kings 6:24
- 2 Chronicles 3:11
- Job 37:3
- Psalms 17:8
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
